Port Republic, New Jersey

Port Republic is a city on the Mullica River in Atlantic County, New Jersey. The area was settled in 1734 by three men who received a royal charter to build a sawmill, gristmill, and dam along Nacote Creek, and it was originally known as Wrangleboro. During the American Revolutionary War, the area provided refuge to the residents of Chestnut Neck when the British Army sacked their town on 6 October 1778, and it was used as a base by privateers who raided British supply ships. In 1842, when the town's proposed new name of Unionville was discovered to already be taken, the town was renamed to "Port Republic". In 2016, Port Republic had a population of 1,085 people.